BankUnited - BKU Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BKU shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BKU, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for BankUnited's shares. Their BKU share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $53.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $45.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price.
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BankUnited's stock was trading at $42.31 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at $35.34.
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BankUnited saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,310,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the August 15th total of 4,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 633,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.8 days. Approximately 5.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.08. The financial services provider had revenue of $238.87 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $245.42 million. BankUnited had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.00% and a net margin of 32.13%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.11 earnings per share.

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 26th. Investors of record on Friday, October 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, October 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 13th.
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BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.93%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 25.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BKU will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 employees have rated BankUnited Chief Executive Officer Raj Singh on Glassdoor.com. Raj Singh has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Raj Singh in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

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One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.34.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) has a market capitalization of $2.75 billion and generates $1.09 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $414.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.96 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,495 workers across the globe.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The official website for the company is www.bankunited.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (877) 779-2265, via email at llunak@bankunited.com, or via fax at 305-569-2019.